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Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
6  
9

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
South America  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Not Available  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Quechua-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
26  
16

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Rimaykullayki  

Thank You
Thank you  
Solpayki  

How Are You?
How are you?  
Allillanchu  

Good Night
Good Night  
Allin tuta  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
Wuynas nuchis  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
Wuynas tardis  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
Wuynus diyas  

Please
Please  
Not Available  

Sorry
Sorry  
Pampachaykuway  

Bye
Bye  
bye  

I Love You
I love you  
Kuyayki  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
Pampachaway  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Ancash  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
920,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Huánuco  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
190,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Yaru  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
150,000.00  
25

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
8.90 million  
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
8.90 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
Not Available  

Native Name
English  
Qhichwa  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
North La Paz Quechua  

French Name
anglais  
quechua  

German Name
Englisch  
Quechua-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Quechua  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
16th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Quechumaran Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Andean Equatorial  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Quechua  

Language Position
3  
3
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
qu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
que  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
que  

ISO 639 3
eng  
que  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
quec1387  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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English and Quechua Language History

Comparison of English vs Quechua language history gives us differences between origin of English and Quechua language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Quechua language states that this language originated in 16th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on English and Quechua Language History.

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English and Quechua Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and Quechua greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Quechua language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Quechua word for "Thank You" is Solpayki. Find more of such common English Greetings and Quechua Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

English vs Quechua Difficulty

The English vs Quechua difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Quechua Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and Quechua are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Quechua, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Quechua time required is 44 weeks.

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